Family & Parenting
My child has special needs and some days I feel like I cannot keep going. Where is God in this?
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
This psalm was written for people facing impossible situations: the language is of mountains collapsing into the sea. The writer is not describing a minor inconvenience but a world that seems to be falling apart. The claim is not that God keeps bad things from happening but that he is present and powerful inside them.
“And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
Paul had asked God three times to remove the thing that was breaking him. God's answer was not removal but grace sufficient for staying in it. This is one of the most honest and important verses in the New Testament for parents of children with special needs: God does not always fix the hard thing, but his presence in the hard thing is itself a form of rescue.
A path forward
Find one parent in a similar situation (through a support group, online community, or your pediatrician) and connect with them. The specific understanding of someone who is actually living this is irreplaceable.
Allow yourself to grieve the version of parenthood you expected without guilt. That grief does not mean you love your child less. It means you are human, and you are allowed to mourn what you did not choose.
Identify one thing that genuinely fills you back up (even something small) and protect it fiercely. You cannot pour from empty, and your child needs you to last the distance.
Closing verse
“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
- Isaiah 40:31
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